Software Development

I’ve recently bumped into a very interesting and thought-provoking discussion in one of my LinkedIn groups. One former military man asked other group members how much it would cost him and his partners to launch app development company in the United States including everything from employee salaries to paying utility bills. The question caused a heated discussion and here’s my round-up of...

Wearable gadgets have flown into our everyday life in the recent months and, despite many expert predictions that 2014 will not become the year of wearables, it's clear as day that wearable technology is here to stay forever. Smart fitness bracelets, smart watches and smart glasses are going mainstream gradually yet confidently, and will inevitably become commodity products soon just like smartphones and tablets.

For many custom development service providers calculating man-hours required to complete a software development project is a rocket science and a huge pain in the neck. As a rule, rough man-hour estimations that clients receive from developers is a far cry from the actually spent hours, which results in overheads and unhappy clients who don't trust their provider and believe they add up hours to make more money from their project. In fact, that's not true in most of cases! Today, we're facing a tough competition for price points and software development providers rarely blow up client's budget in order to win and retain them.

Experts predict that in 5 years from now we'll have 4 billion connected people globally, over 25 billion embedded and intelligent systems, 50 trillion Gb of data and over 25 million apps based on predictive analytics and deep learning. Overall, Big Data promises to create a $4 trillion revenue opportunity by 2020.